The Overwatch Junkertown map was revealed last month and following a successful period of testing, developer Blizzard is finally going to pull the trigger and release the map to the full player base on PS4, Xbox One and PC TONIGHT.

For the last month the map has remained in beta testing on the Overwatch PTR, while the developers tweak and make changes to perfectly balance and fine tune the map before giving it a full release.

Blizzard has, as they usually do, failed to provide a specific release time for the new map, however, going off past updates, players can probably expect to see the update launched by the developers this evening between 6-7PM BST for UK based players.

"Junkertown is an Escort map located in the harsh and unforgiving Australian Outback.

"Constructed from the remains of a destroyed omnium, it's now the home to a band of lawless scavengers known as the Junkers, led by their cutthroat Queen.

"When they aren’t pillaging the omnium's skeleton for anything of value, the Junkers blow off steam in the Scrapyard—a massive gladiatorial arena whose combatants fight for glory, riches...and to survive."

Take a look at the new Junkertown map in the gallery below:

Overwatch Junkertown Map Gameplay Screenshots

Take a look at the new Overwatch Escort Map for Junkertown

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In addition to the introduction of the Junkertown Map for the game, Blzzard is also expected to make BIG changes to the character, Mercy.

Although Mercy can obviously deal damage, she is best known as a hero capable of healing and buffing the rest of the team.

However, that's about to change radically with this new Mercy Update.

Previously, Mercy's Ultimate ability allowed her to revive all downed teammates, but moving forward she will only be able to resurrect characters on an individual basis, as part of a new move with a cooldown period.

Her Ultimate is being changed to a new move called Valkyrie, which will boost the characters abilities and power, as well as giving her the ability to fly.

Reports from players in the PTR at first described the new power as pretty devastating.

But while we imagine the Valkyrie ability has been nerfed slightly to a more balanced state for the full game, there's no doubt that this new incarnation of the Mercy character will be something very different to what players have been accustomed to for months.